Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics and Drug Use Intention (N = 318).
| Demographic Characteristics | With Drug Use Intention (n = 16) |
Without Drug Use intention (n = 302) |
Overall (N = 318) |
χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) # | |||
| Age | ≤12 | 1 (1.5) | 67 (98.5) | 68 (21.4) | 4.97 |
| 13–15 | 6 (4.0) | 145 (96.0) | 151 (47.5) | ||
| 16–21 | 9 (9.1) | 90 (90.9) | 99 (31.1) | ||
| Gender | Male | 5 (2.7) | 178 (97.3) | 183 (57.5) | 4.77 * |
| Female | 11 (8.1) | 124 (91.9) | 135 (42.5) | ||
| Religion | Yes | 6 (5.7) | 100 (94.3) | 106 (33.3) | 0.13 |
| No | 10 (4.7) | 201 (95.3) | 211(66.7) | ||
| Family structure | Living with both parents | 8 (3.3) | 234 (96.7) | 242 (76.1) | 6.68 * |
| Living with one of the parents | 6 (10.0) | 54 (90.0) | 60 (18.9) | ||
| Not living with parents | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | 16 (5.0) | ||
| Type of housing | Public rental | 2 (2.0) | 98 (98.0) | 100 (31.4) | 3.52 |
| Home ownership scheme | 4 (5.9) | 64 (94.1) | 68 (21.4) | ||
| Private | 7 (6.3) | 105 (93.8) | 112 (35.2) | ||
| Others | 3 (7.9) | 35 (92.1) | 38 (11.9) | ||
| Monthly household income | ≤$10,000 | 2 (6.3) | 30 (93.8) | 32 (10.0) | 4.05 |
| $10,001–$25,000 | 5 (7.8) | 59 (92.2) | 64 (20.1) | ||
| $25,001–$50,000 | 2 (9.1) | 20 (90.9) | 22 (6.9) | ||
| ≥$50,001 | 1 (5.3) | 18 (94.7) | 19 (6.0) | ||
| Don’t know | 6 (3.3) | 175 (96.7) | 181 (56.9) | ||
| Pocket money | $0–$150 | 4 (3.1) | 123 (96.9) | 127 (39.9) | 7.63 * |
| $151–$500 | 3 (2.7) | 110 (97.3) | 113 (35.5) | ||
| ≥$501 | 9 (11.5) | 69 (88.5) | 78 (24.5) | ||
| Academic performance | Upper 25% | 0 (0.0) | 31 (100) | 31 (9.7) | 5.27 |
| 26%–50% | 1 (2.1) | 47 (97.9) | 48 (15.1) | ||
| 51%–75% | 7 (9.2) | 69 (90.8) | 76 (23.9) | ||
| Lower 24% | 3 (7.7) | 36 (92.3) | 39 (12.3) | ||
| Not provided by school | 5 (4.0) | 119 (96.0) | 124 (39.0) | ||
| Extra-curricular activity (h) | 0–2 | 4 (4.0) | 97 (96.0) | 101 (31.8) | 1.86 |
| 2< hour ≤6 | 7 (5.3) | 126 (94.7) | 133 (41.8) | ||
| 6< hour ≤12 | 4 (8.7) | 42 (91.3) | 46 (14.5) | ||
| >12 | 1 (2.6) | 37 (97.4) | 38 (11.9) | ||
|
Use of leisure/
Free time |
Yes | 11 (4.8) | 216 (95.2) | 227 (71.4) | 0.06 |
| No | 5 (5.5) | 86 (94.5) | 91 (28.6) | ||
Notes: * p < 0.05; # Column percentage.